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Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 8/2016

09.06.2016 | Art in Science

Saints Cosmas and Damian: Patron Saints of Medicine

verfasst von: Gary E. Friedlaender, MD, Linda K. Friedlaender, BA, MS

Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Ausgabe 8/2016

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The art of medicine in the 3rd to 4th centuries CE, similar to all times that preceded it, was largely based upon the potential healing benefits found by trial and error in the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms. Surgical approaches to disease, as gleaned from surviving instruments, art, and printed materials, were characterized by cutting, scraping, and probing [4]. Most medical lore of the era was grounded in religious belief. Indeed, both the leading causes of illness and the most heralded successful treatments were ascribed to the acts of gods/God. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Saints Cosmas and Damian: Patron Saints of Medicine
verfasst von
Gary E. Friedlaender, MD
Linda K. Friedlaender, BA, MS
Publikationsdatum
09.06.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Ausgabe 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Elektronische ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-4929-6

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